BlackBerry secures patent for a wearable device for phone unlocking

BlackBerry may be looking join the modern wearable device market in the near future.

According to Bloomberg, BlackBerry got no less than 27 patents, one of which describes a wearable device that can be used to unlock a BlackBerry phone without extra fuss. Simply put it near the phone, and see it magically being unlocked in front of your eyes.

To make sure you don’t do this by accident, BlackBerry included the security mechanism in the form of a physical clip that must be closed in order for the wearable to be able to bypass your lock code.